Rampant Counterfeit Tech Threatens The Lives Of US Military Members

There will likely be casualties among U.S. servicemembers as a result of counterfeit technology in military vehicles and weapons systems, according to a scathing new op/ed from Jim Burger and Kimberly Heifetz in Defense One:

Sometime in the not-to-distant future, a submarine will sink. An air defense missile will detonate far from its intended target. A Seahawk helicopter will intercept a suicide speed boat headed for an aircraft carrier only to see its infrared targeting system goes dark.

This as a result of glaring deficiencies and vulnerabilities in the military technology apparatus, deficiencies that Defense One and others report are not really being addressed.

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